The Epic Austrian owned R16 from Germany doing French things in a Parallel Universe near England Saga

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

You should buy a Rover P6. 

[Noel Tidybeard]

Since when do you check the oil in Renaults?

 

what else are you supposed to do on a Sunday morning?

[eddyramrod]

Well Duh!  Obviously: have a ride out to visit a fellow Shiter and leave him some mini-shite in exchange for some of his even-more-mini-shite!

[Junkman]

You should buy a Rover P6.

 

A Rover P6 V8 burns a lot less petrol, since it's sitting around waiting for something to be fixed most of the time.

 

what else are you supposed to do on a Sunday morning?

In case you own a Rover P6 V8, fix it.

In case you own a French car, sleep off your Saturday evening inebriation.

[vulgalour]

Do you own a Cadillac now?

[Junkman]

Sadly no Cadillac ownage has been forthcoming.

[Junkman]

Right.

I did a bloody stupid thing and joined the Renault Classic Car Club.

Don't ask!

Upcoming events:

June 3rd Louth Classic Car Show
June 17th Grantham Classic Car Show
July 14th East Kirkby
August 12th Boston Classic Car Show

I'm NOT making this horseshit up.

[Felly Magic]

Watch out for witches and general wrong uns

[nigel bickle]

I'm sure I've the top silencer pictured in my pile someplace. Think I bought it for a Fiat 850...

 

Do you need it?

[Eddie Honda]

Don't ask!

 

WHY?

[Eddie Honda]

Are there any upcoming events NOT in Lincolncestershire?

[Junkman]

I'm sure I've the top silencer pictured in my pile someplace. Think I bought it for a Fiat 850...

 

Do you need it?

 

Not anymore, I just bought one for 90 quid.

 

But thanks anyway.

 

 

Are there any upcoming events NOT in Lincolncestershire?

 

Yes, of course.

 

August 26-27th Etretat, France

[Felly Magic]

You could go really insane & turn up at an East Coast Retros meet in Zuffolk, and end up with Herr Otto Von Triggohoffen Wollarding it with his pipe in his mouth LOL

[Junkman]

What's insane about that?

[Supernaut]

You taking this to Shitefest?

[Junkman]

Not sure whether I'll be in attendance.

But if yes, yes.

[Frogchod]

August 26-27th ?

Monday's not a public holiday. Have they got their dates right ?

Not that it matters.

France is closed in August.

[Felly Magic]

August 26-27th ?

Monday's not a public holiday. Have they got their dates right ?

Not that it matters.

France is closed iwhen Junkman visits

 

EFA

[Junkman]

Right.

 

 

 

One component came from Germany, one from Heathrow, two from Spain, one from Sweden.

I'm exhausted. Sadly the R16 still isn't.

Remember those stories about the East Germans, having to wait for 18 years to get a new car?

Well, we will soon have to wait for 18 years to get an appointment at a garage.

 

Fucking commies. Everywhere.

[junkyarddog]

Fit it yourself.

 

Think of all the fun* you can have wrestling with rusted fixings and odd shaped pipes whilst laying on your back,eyes and hair full of grit and rust.Car teetering on axle stands and every single fucking thing is in your way.

Oh yes,such fun*

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Fit it yourself.

 

Think of all the fun* you can have wrestling with rusted fixings and odd shaped pipes whilst laying on your back,eyes and hair full of grit and rust.Car teetering on axle stands and every single fucking thing is in your way.

Oh yes,such fun*

I've given up DIY exhaust replacement. It's always without exception a complete and utter disaster.

 

The last one, laying in the snow with an angle grinder inches from my face because stupid rusted bolts still haunts me.

 

It amazes me the exhaust can be literally falling to pieces but remain fused to the underside of the car. All of it happily rusts and flakes off bar the bits that bolt to other bits. Bastard.

 

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[Junkman]

I'm getting too old for that kinda shit.

[doubleyeller]

Back box on the R20 took 4 hours of heating and beating to get off. 

[vulgalour]

Can't you just trick Conrad into doing it?  I mean, he insists on fixing P6s so he's clearly gullible enough.  I live too far away so you can't con me into it.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

I do have a track record of excellent and high quality exhaust repair work. 

 

 

 

 

(x1,000)

 

 

[Junkman]

There is a new exhaust underneath the R16 now.

This results in it being much quieter on the outside and much noisier on the inside.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Re-install the stereo, crank up the Eurovision CD. 

[Junkman]

Sigh...

[Junkman]

You know your points are shit when there is nothing on one side and a crater on the other.

 

 

 

You know your rotor button is shit when it's wearing thin.

 

 

 

You know your dizzy cap is shit when there is almost no coal left.

 

 

 

You know your HT leads are shit when they are made from this newfangled silicone shit.

And you know when your ignition shit is shit, your entire car is shit.

 

So I made a nice new set of new HT leads (only copper is proper), put in a new dizzy cap and rotor, a new point set and managed to get the firing order wrong twice.

It's running a lot better now and I bet the guy next to me can hear it in his boom box. I'm now awaiting delivery of a new strobe light, so I can adjust the timing.

[Junkman]

Today there has been some open heart surgery.

 

 

 

It wasn't quite as involved as Mr Bo11ox's cambelt capers.

 

 

 

Had I known that all but two exhaust valves were within tolerance, I'd not have done it.

But a 80k km service is a 80k km service, isn't it?